This community building and nursery provides accommodation for the various activities of a vibrant inner city community garden. The building is 260 sq metres in size, with rooms grouped around a generous top-lit circulation space. The extensive verandas and a green roof of grasses, wildflowers, herbs and mosses integrate the building into the gardens.

To create a healthy internal environment for young children, the timber frame building is finished with:

• Organic paints and stains

• Natural cork tiles

• Linoleum flooring

The project was awarded the Community Enterprise Gulbenkian Community Building Award in 1992.

Further info: www.calthorpeproject.org.uk